Cutting-nippers.



v No. 760,807. I PATENTED MAY 24,1904. L. ROBERTS. CUTTING NIPPERS.APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1903. no MODEL.

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Patented May 24, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

LEE ROBERTS, OF WATKINS, NEW YORK.

CUTTING-NIPPERS.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,807, dated May24, 1904.

Application filed November 11, 1903. Serial No. 180,736. (No model.)

, ess of shoeing them.

The object of my invention is to provide nippers which will not becomeclogged with the clippings and, further, to provide increased leveragefor the cutting-jaws.

I attain this object by means of the arrangement of the parts of thenippers as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1represents a sideelevation of my improved nippers, and Fig. 2 a top viewof the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the two views.

A and B represent the handles or lever members of the nippers, saidhandles being pivoted together at O.

D and E are substantiallycircular arms attached to the opposite sides ofthe handles A and B, back of the pivot-point, and carried around saidpoint to meet together in the cutting-jaws F and G. These jaws may bemade either integral with the arms D and E or may be detachably securedthereto.

In operation it will be evident that as the handles A and B areseparated the jaws F and G will also be separated by reason of themovement imparted to the arms D and E by the handles A and B as theymove apart. By

7 closing the handles together again the jaws will also bebrought'together, and the cuttings from the hoof will be left free todrop out from the nippers by reason of the large clearancespace betweenthe jaws and the arms and the pivot-point. LA large opening in the jawsis also attained by means of this construction, and it will be observedthat by properly proportioning and positioning the parts an increase inleverage may be obtained between the handles and the-cutting-jaws overWhat is possible in the ordinary nippers in which the jaws are formeddirectly from the handles forward of the pivot-point.

Without restricting myself to the precise form and arrangement of theparts of the tool as herein illustrated and described, what I claim asmyinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. Cutting-nippers comprising a pair of handles or lever members pivotedtogether and arms attached thereto back of the pivotpoint, said armsbeing rigidly attached to the handles, bent around thepivot-pOint, andprovided with cutting-jaws where they come together.

2. Cutting-nippers comprising a pair of handles on lever members pivotedtogether, substantially circular arms rigidly attached to said handlesback of the pivot-point, said arms passing across the handles inopposite directions and around the pivotpoint, and cutting-jaws carriedby said arms where they come together.

In testimony whereof 'I have aflixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

LEE ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

GEO. M. STILWELL, Gem. 0. WAIT.

